Doing a trace directly upwards from an entity

[3mpty]

I need to do a trace to detect if an entity is outdoors.

How!?

[MakeR]

[lua]util.QuickTrace(ent:GetPos(), Vector(0, 0, 1), ent)[/lua]

[kevkev]

[QUOTE=MakeR;16997457][lua]util.QuickTrace(ent:GetPos(), Vector(0, 0, 1), ent)[/lua][/QUOTE]

Not really, try this :

[lua]util.QuickTrace(ent:GetPos(),ent:LocalToWorld(Vector(0,0,1)), ent)[/lua]

[MakeR]

[QUOTE=kevkev;16998691]Not really, try this :

[lua]util.QuickTrace(ent:GetPos(),ent:LocalToWorld(Vector(0,0,1)), ent)[/lua][/QUOTE]

Why would you need to do that?

[editline]11:59AM[/editline]

The second argument is the direction, up would be Vector(0, 0, 1).

[kevkev]

Since if the object's position was Vector(0,0,4) it would make a trace downwards, my code makes it go Vector(0,0,1) higher than the entitie's current pos.

[editline]01:00PM[/editline]

I guess i also could have done ent:GetPos()+Vector(0,0,1)

[MakeR]

No it wouldn't, the second argument is the direction of the trace, not the where it should hit.

[kevkev]

Shit, probably got confused with until.TraceLine() then.

[MakeR]

Probably.

[3mpty]

Thanks guys, but I figured out a better way, instead of needing an entity and a swep I've just got a swep.